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3. Amendments to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement and to the Upper Eno Critical Watershed Boundary Perdita Holtz made a PowerPoint presentation. The full agreement is Attachment 2. BACKGROUND: At the August 24, 2009 Quarterly Public Hearing (non-public hearing portion of the agenda), staff presented the proposed work plan to begin implementation of the adopted small area plans. Changes to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement and to the "Critical Area" of the Upper Eno watershed were two of the higher priority items to accomplish further implementation of the Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan (Attachment 1 is the entire Recommendations section of the plan). Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA) WASMPBA is an agreement signed in 2001 between Orange County, OWASA, and the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough. The agreement (included as Attachment 2) provides a comprehensive county-wide system of utility service areas upon which signatory entities could rely when making decisions related to issues such as planning, land use, annexation, zoning, and growth management. One of the recommendations contained in the Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan is to amend Orange County's "Primary Service Area" on the map that is part of the Agreement (see pages 69-71 and 82 of plan). Attachment 3 is a map that shows the proposed changes to Orange County's Primary Service Area (PSA) in Cheeks Township. The area to be added to the PSA in the southeast portion of the existing PSA (in the vicinity of Mt. Willing Road and Interstate 40/85) reflects the proposed new "Critical Area" boundary for Seven Mile Creek (further discussed in the next section). It should also be noted that the two areas currently in the PSA proposed for removal from the PSA are not part of the Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan recommendations; rather, staff is proposing them for deletion to be consistent with the Land Use Element Map and the County's development goals and policies. The areas proposed for removal from the PSA would be changed to "Orange County Long-Term interest Area." The Town of Hillsborough is also interested in amending its Primary Service Area to be in keeping with the outcomes of the Hillsborough-Orange County Strategic Growth Plan. Town officials are currently discussing whether the Town will bring its amendments forward at this time. Amendments to the WASMPBA require the approval of all agreement signatories. Planning staff proposes to meet with the staff of signatory entities to discuss the proposed changes and devise a process to bring agreement amendments forward to the various governing boards. Staff is requesting BOCC authorization to begin this amendment process. Upper Eno Watershed Critical Area One of the recommendations of the Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan is to reevaluate the Critical Area boundary for Seven Mile Creek because the boundary is based upon a reservoir being created on Seven Mile Creek and the full pool elevation of the reservoir was used as the calculation point for the %-mile Critical Area boundary. A reservoir is no longer being proposed so the Critical Area boundary should be changed to reflect this. Attachment 4 is a map depicting the proposed revisions to the Seven Mile Creek Critical Area boundary. Since Seven Mile Creek is still a water supply source for the Town of Hillsborough's water supply, a %-mile buffer from the centerline of the "fifth order" segment of the creek will